Mayan Renaissance

Mayan Renaissance is a 2012 American documentary film by director Dawn Engle about the Maya peoples of Guatemala and Central America. It describes the ancient Maya civilization, the conquest by Spain during the 1520s, hundreds of years of oppression, and the modern struggle by Mayans for self-determination and a Mayan renaissance.

Mayan Renaissance
Film title credit
Directed byDawn Engle
Written byDawn Engle
Produced byPeaceJam
StarringRigoberta Menchú
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
Rosalina Tuyuc
Jody Williams
Release date
  • May 16, 2012 (2012-05-16)
Running time
68 minutes
CountriesUnited States and Guatemala
LanguagesEnglish and Spanish,
with subtitles

Its première screening at the United Nations Headquarters was on 16 May 2012[1] and its broadcast première on Colorado Public Television was on 6 June 2012.[2][3]

The film contains interviews of 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Rigoberta Menchú, a Mayan indigenous rights activist and politician, and other Guatemalan and foreign contributors. It was awarded the Best Colorado Filmmaker Documentary Award at The Film Festival of Colorado in July 2012. The documentary is the first of a planned ten-part Nobel Legacy Film Series.[4]

Cast

Additional cast
  • José Basillas
  • Benjamin Borjes
  • Anibal Garcia
  • Sandra Monterroso
  • José Antonio Otaolaurruchi
  • Fernando Rodas
  • David Rutherford (voice)

References
  1. UN Premiere of Mayan renaissance Archived 2013-07-02 at the Wayback Machine PeaceJam. Retrieved: 2012-09-22.
  2. Mayan Renaissance – Program Details Colorado Public Television. Retrieved: 2012-09-22.
  3. Mayan Renaissance Colorado Public Television. Retrieved: 2012-09-22.
  4. Synopsis Mayan Renaissance. Retrieved: 2012-09-22.


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